Even after the Ice Cream Sandwich release, the Galaxy Nexus
wasn't available in the U.S. for a whole other month. In the
meantime, other manufacturers beat around the bush about their
update plans, save for a few exceptions.

For the rest of the ~55% of Android users, it looks like many --
if not most -- will be stuck on Gingerbread for good. The only
way to really guarantee you'll get Ice Cream Sandwich now is to
drop $300 on a new Galaxy Nexus or hope the phone you bought last
year will be supported a few months down the line.

Anyway, I'll leave you with this IM conversation I happened to
have with Ellis
this morning, before Google announced those numbers today: